Basic Biographical Details

Name: Geoffrey Hobert (or Hubert) Fairweather
Designation:  
Born: 12 February 1913
Died: 1955
Bio Notes: Geoffrey Hobert (or Hubert - sources vary) Fairweather was born on 12 February 1913, the son of Hubert Moore Fairweather. He worked in the office of the general contractor employed on King's College Hospital, London in the early 1930s. From May 1932 or 1933 he worked as a junior with Pite Son & Fairweather and simultaneously attended evening classes at the Regent Street Polytechnic. He remained with Pite Son & Fairweather for four years and for a proporation of that time he was in charge of the Aberdeen office. He spent four and a half years in all at the Regent Street Poly.

From March 1937 he was site architect for the extension of the Medical School, University of Aberdeen. War service. He was elected ARIBA on 6 March 1939 having sat the RIBA Intermediate exam in 1935 and the final exam in 1939. His proposers were Robert W Pike, R Mountford Paget or Pigott and W H Ansell.

From 1940-45 Fairweather served with the Forces, ending the war holding the rank of Major in the Royal Engineers. He was invited to becoming a partner in the practice of Pite Son & Fairweather on 1 January 1946. The following year he travelled to Basle and Zurich in Switzerland and in 1953 to Dublin and Galway in Eire.

He died aged 41 between October and December 1955 in Tonbridge.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 2The Garden House, Kippington Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, EnglandPrivatec. 1954  
Item 2 of 26, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminister, London, EnglandBusinessc. 1954  

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 2Pite, Son & FairweatherMay 1933 Junior Assistant 
Item 2 of 2Pite, Son & Fairweather1 January 1946 Partner 

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 3William Henry Ansell6 March 1939For Associateship
Item 2 of 3Richard Mountford Pigott6 March 1939For Associateship
Item 3 of 3Robert William Pite6 March 1939For Associateship

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 51932Medical School, Aberdeen University  AberdeenScotlandWorking in the office of the general contractor employed on the building
Item 2 of 51942Student Hostel for the University of Aberdeen  AberdeenScotland 
Item 3 of 51948Medical School, Aberdeen University  AberdeenScotlandExtensions
Item 4 of 51950Hospital for Sick Children  AberdeenScotlandExtensions
Item 5 of 51950University of Aberdeen, Department of ChemistryOld Aberdeen AberdeenScotland 

References

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers A no7088 (Combined Box 173)